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is seeking to stop the january six committee from obtaining to handwritten notes that he allegedly received from the former president his self. the lawyers have characterized the notes as quintessential privileged material. such communications are protected by attorney client privilege. no word yet on whether the argument will hold up. as the january six committee prepares to take its pro public, it becomes every day that the attack on the capitol was part of a larger scheme to overturn the election results, and that there was a lot more going on behind the scenes. you remember that ...

of choice. this as the first war crimes trial against a russian soldier begins. plus, amid the world's harshest covid lockdown, we get a glimpse of the emotional and mental toll it's having on families. and as parents in the u.s. struggle to find baby formula, we'll tell you how the white house is responding to the shortage. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than a thousand towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces, including six more over the past 24 hours. he says the ru...

biden administration on the defensive. plus, we're live at the cnn weather center. how climate change is destroying homes with extreme weather across the u.s. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than 1,000 towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces. he says the russian military is paying heavy price for its aggression. >> translator: russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers, many of them young conscripts. russia has lost more than 3,000 tanks, armored combat vehicle...

baby formula shortage that's left families scrambling to feed their children. >> throughout the pandemic, stores are trugling to keep the shelves stocked. the white house is considering several actions aimed at easing the critical shortage now that manufacturers say it may be weeks or months, before supply's at full capacity. >> potentially months. that's a scary thought for some parents that are going to extraordinary lengths just to get the food their babies need. >> if they have it in stock. >> it's another full-time job. >> i'm up with him and searching for formula. >> starting e...

>> good evening everyone, i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett, ukraine's president zelenskyy declaring tonight as russia faces another setback, new video shows a russian battalion decimated as it tries to cross a series of bridges in northeast ukraine. you can see the riverbank just littered with russian artillery. artillery and tanks. u.s. official says attacks like this are quote-unquote, frustrating, russian efforts to move troops into the donbas region. and according to the pentagon, ukraine has essentially stalled putin's war plans. >> they have prevented the russians from achi...